Good info! I am not as deep into ballistics as some re-loaders I know that are fanatics and can talk hours about it. I do shoot a 300 Win Mag when dropping something very large is required and I have one chance. I do have a 7mm Mauser that I believe is in the neighborhood to compare but I can’t make a comparison of the other cartridges directly as most of my other hardware is Class III stuff. If I compare the 7mm M 7x57 to the 300WM, it feels almost 1.5x about. So you made me curious:
Common average loads:
7mm Mauser 162 gr (10.5 g) RWS ID 2,625 ft/s (800.0 m/s) 2,480 ft⋅lbf (3,360 J)
.270 Winchester 140 gr (9 g) SP 2,916 ft/s (889 m/s) 2,644 ft⋅lbf (3,585 J)
300MW180 gr (11.7 g) BT 3,193 ft/s (973 m/s) 4,076 ft⋅lbf (5,526 J)
Energy wise, the 7mm M is close to the.270 W
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I always thought the.284 was the most underrated. It has.270 ballistics in a shorter case, which means you can use a shorter action*. according to Wikipedia it is enjoying a resurgence. It's shoulder is less gradual. *Used in Winchester models 100 and 88.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.284_Winchester
Of today's common rounds, I think a 7mm-08 gives near 270 power, but the 270 can get a lot more if you hand load. If you don't hand load the 270 is a couple bucks cheaper for 20 rounds.
https://www.cabelas.com/product/Remington-reg-Express-Core-Lokt-Rifle-Ammunition/740954.uts?slotId=3
I heard the 30-30 is the best all around deer bullet because it doesn't destroy a bunch of meat as more powerful bullets do.
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FN 5.7×28mm fir home defense. My PS90 is my home defense weapon, 50 rounds in a small compact lightweight carbine with limited chance of over penetration if you have to put some thug down after he breaks into your home, especially with the BLM riots going on and criminal activity so high. I'm looking into replacing my glocks with the Ruger-57 or FN Five-seven which run this round.
The.270 win is highly regarded as one of N Americas premier big game cartridges of all time. It’s even proven itself on African plains game. Even with appropriate 130gr bullets it’s effective and humane on Elk. The two most underrated are the 25-06 Rem and the 7mm-08 Rem. The former with appropriate bullets will take Elk plus in the smaller bullets is spectacular for very long range varmints though it’s muzzle blast and powder amounts do make it less desirable than traditional varmint rounds. The 7mm-08 Rem is just as long range as the new 6.5mm Creedmore but has far more bullet weight and types. It will knock down the heaviest of silhouette targets and still take elk and moose. It has as good accuracy as the Creedmore but with more energy. The 7mm-08 Rem has virtually identical ballistics as the 30-06 spr. but is doing it with 145gr bullets, softer recoil and a short action. The 30-06 is doing it with 180gr bullets, much more recoil and a less accurate long action.
I thought that the M1 Garand was originally designed to use.270 or 7mm rounds. I have a WWI 7mm Mauser rifle and have developed some custom 7mm loads for it.
I thought that the.30-06 was forced on John Garand, as the military had stockpiled MILLIONS of rounds and changing to the.270 or 7mm would cause them issues!
POLITICS!! I think that round would have been much better, assuming that the rifle was designed to shoot people, and not MOOSE!!270 is a very good round. I aways wanted one, the selection of rifes with the 270 round is very limited. Winchester did make a model 70 bolt action chambered for it. I don't think the model 70 is still made. The Remington model 700 ADL I don't think was even chambered for it. Remington's similar round was a 280. Ruger may make a bolt action chambered for a 270. Here in SW FL where I live for deer hunting normally most hunters use nothing bigger than a 243 or 6mm. Many of the hunters use rounds like 222, 223 or 22-250 for deer hunting. I had a 250 Savage, 22-250 Remington and 218 Bee Marlin lever action for deer hunting. A friend of mine used a 22 Hornet for deer. I even used a 22 Magnum for deer. A 270 is a good round for the bigger deer and game out west. Another good round you never hear much about is a 264 Winchester magnum. 270 is also a Winchester round.
Dude the 17hmr is a wonderful rimfire caliber, I can get an under one inch grouping at 100yards with a 2.6" drop at 150, and 0.1 inch high at 50, I bloody love it, small caliber or not
I used to shoot and reload.303 British and 6.5 Carcano. Both were very accurate when I found the right loads for them. Finally ended up with 1" to 1 1/2" groupings @ 100 yds for both using Accurate powders and home cast bullets.
What would be the largest game that the 270 would be appropriate for?
3 1/2 inch 10 gauge slug because sometimes you just need to drop a kodiak in kevlar
How about the good ole' .44 magnum. Fired from a carbine it will kill almost anything at close range.
Depends on the application
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